The idea of luxury : a conceptual and historical investigation / Christopher J. Berry
Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #431037
ISBN: 0521454484
Physical description; xiv, 271 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-259) and index. Contents; pt. I. Preliminary Essay. 1. Luxury goods -- pt. II. The Classical Paradigm. 2. The Platonic prelude. 3. The Roman response. 4. The Christian contribution -- pt. III. The Transition to Modernity. 5. The de-moralisation of luxury. 6. The eighteenth-century debate. 7. The historicity of needs -- pt. IV. Politics, Needs and Desires. 8. Luxury and the politics of needs and desires. 9. Luxury, necessity and social identity. Subjects; Luxury History. Luxury. Capitalism History. Communism and linguistics. Phenomenology. Economics. Consumption (Economics) History. Luxury Cultural history.
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